claire simpson
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| Industry | Arts |
|---|---|
| Occupation | artist educator, photographer, forest school leader |
| Location | Derbyshire, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | I'm an artist, educator, photographer, trainer and forest school leader, working with groups across the UK. I get to spend my days on journeys searching for patterns in leaves, things hidden under stones, shapes in the clouds, colours in the trees and so much more... I'm heavily influenced by the work of the Reggio Emila pre-schools in Italy and have attended training courses there and with Reggio inspired educators in Denmark and Sweden. I'm presently working on a long-term residency with Dunkirk Primary and Nursery School (see link). I also work closely with artist Katy Doncaster on many projects and commissions (see Some Curious Finds web link). I'm passionate about projects which connect people with the natural world. And am frequently to be found wondering woodland with my camera photographing moss... |
| Favorite books | anything by Richard Mabey, Last Child in The Woods by Richard Louv, anything by Roger Deakin, The Cloudspotters Guide by Gavin Pretor-Pinney, Come Away From the Water Shirley by John Burningham, Toxic Childhood by Sue Palmer, Dig Your Hands in the Dirt by Kiko Denzer, Make it Wild (and the other books in this series) by Fiona Danks and Jo Schofield, Asphalt to Ecosystems by Sharon Gamson Danks, Playing and Learning Outdoors by Jan White, Everything has a Shadow, Except Ants (and anything else) published by Reggio Children, It's Not A Bird Yet and Rapunzel's Supermarket by Ursula Kolbe, |